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Look What You Made Me Do

Smithies Create

BY CHERYL DELLECESE

Published December 20, 2023

New Orleans–based writer Patty Friedmann ’68 shows that her legendary dark comic sensibility is still intact with her latest novel, One Knife, One Fork, One Spoon. The story revolves around Renna Newlin, a desperate woman in a foundering marriage who seeks solace in an illicit relationship with a young lover that results in the disintegration of her family. In this, her 14th book, Friedmann creates a captivating narrative with multifaceted characters, taking readers on a journey of emotion, desire, and redemption. 

ONE KNIFE, ONE FORK, ONE SPOON 
Patty Friedmann ’68 
Atmosphere Press, 2023